Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Graphic
- foreboding
- claustrophobic
- paranoid
- late night horror viewing
- home invasion double feature
What critics said
Critics broadly found the film to be a mixed and familiar home-invasion thriller that adds an identity-theft angle without fully revitalizing the subgenre.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The neighbors' obsession with perfection develops into an attempt to replicate the Hughes family's domestic identity.
The Hughes family's upscale suburban life and isolated cottage become progressively unsafe as neighborly familiarity collapses.
The family's cottage retreat is transformed into a battleground when the neighboring couple's obsession becomes violent.
One man's fixation on achieving perfection drives the conflict and the families' destructive confrontation.
Films like In Their Skin, and why
Funny Games
shares home invasion horror, escalating domestic violence, and survival-focused tension
The Strangers
shares suburban unease, identity imitation, and psychologically intense invasion thriller elements
You're Next
shares isolated-house setting, family vulnerability, and brutal home invasion suspense
Movie Details
- Director
- Jeremy Power Regimbal
- Release Date
- 2012-11-09
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Rating
- 5.3 / 10 (154)
Cast
- Selma Blair
- Joshua Close
- James D'Arcy
- Rachel Miner
- Quinn Lord
- Alex Ferris
- Matt Bellefleur
- Terence Kelly
- Leanne Adachi
- Brett Delaney
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Philo, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, AMC+, Shudder, Sundance Now, Shudder Amazon Channel, Shudder Apple TV channel, IFC Films Unlimited Apple TV channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is In Their Skin about?
- A grieving family’s secluded retreat becomes a nightmare when neighbors obsessed with perfection try to seize their lives.
- What is In Their Skin like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of In Their Skin as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is In Their Skin violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in In Their Skin as graphic.
- What did critics think of In Their Skin?
- Critics broadly found the film to be a mixed and familiar home-invasion thriller that adds an identity-theft angle without fully revitalizing the subgenre.
- Which films are like In Their Skin?
- Films with a similar feel include Funny Games, The Strangers, and You're Next.
- How long is In Their Skin?
- In Their Skin runs 96 minutes.
- Where can I watch In Their Skin?
- In United States, In Their Skin streams on Philo, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, AMC+, Shudder, Sundance Now, Shudder Amazon Channel, Shudder Apple TV channel, IFC Films Unlimited Apple TV channel.
